James Burrill Jr.

James Burrill Jr. (25 April 1772-25 December 1820) was a US Senator from Rhode Island from 4 March 1817 to 25 December 1820, succeeding Jeremiah B. Howell and preceding Nehemiah R. Knight. He was a Federalist Party member.

Biography
James Burrill Jr. was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1772, and he served as Attorney General of Rhode Island from 1797 to 1814, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1816 to 1817, and as a US Senator from 1817 to 1820. The town of Burrillville is named for him.